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Niches / Point & Click + Relaxing
Point & Click + Relaxing
Games tagged both Point & Click and Relaxing: 405 indie paid launches, 11 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Point & Click + Relaxing priced $10 to $20. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair trails both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it beats Point & Click and trails Relaxing.
The pair's chance of a $100k+ first year beside each of its two tags, ranked like a high-score table, with typical earnings and the launches behind every figure.
Point & Click + Relaxing beats Point & Click and trails Relaxing: 5 of its 27 launches earned $100k+ priced $10 to $20, against 15.0 in 100 for Point & Click and 23.6 in 100 for Relaxing.
Small sample: 27 launches, 5 hits.
Each circle is one tag, sized by its launches, and the gold overlap is exactly this pair. Click a part to read it. Price changes the odds more than genre does (under $5: 0.5 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 27 games tagged both Point & Click and Relaxing priced $10 to $20. 18.5 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 14.6 for Point & Click-only games and 24.1 for Relaxing-only games, so the mix beats Point & Click alone and trails Relaxing alone.
Both: 27 games priced $10 to $20; 18.5 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $5,119.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 27 launches. The outer parts are each tag's launches minus the pair's, so their chance is exact; their typical earnings are not computed yet.
Who leads this pair and each of its tags. Free until launch: one click opens the card. The full comparables list (nearest hits by tag pair, price and launch year) is not computed yet, and the card says so.
Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch
Lens checkHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.
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Nearest hits (similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year): not computed yet.
Filters do not apply here yet. Leaders and shares are for all prices and the Standard view; per price band and per lens they are not computed yet.
The same figures with three kinds of games set aside: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Point & Click + Relaxing holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view392 of 405 launches | Without the breakout404 of 405 launches | Last 18 months225 of 405 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 40511 hits | 39211 hits | 40410 hits | 2257 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 2.7 in 1001 in 37 | 2.8 in 1001 in 36 | 2.5 in 1001 in 40 | 3.1 in 1001 in 32 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $463top tenth $10,765+ | $484 | $463 | $424 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +3.7%0.1 more in 100 | -7.4%0.2 fewer in 100 | +14.8%0.4 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +4.5%$21 more | 0.0%no change | -8.4%$39 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Point & Click and Relaxing, 6 to 30 months old: 405 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 13 of 405 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, BitCraft Online (21.7% of the money): 404 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 225 of 405.
Point & Click holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Point & Click | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,916 of 1,981 launches | Without the breakout1,980 of 1,981 launches | Last 18 months1,107 of 1,981 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,98182 hits | 1,91679 hits | 1,98081 hits | 1,10743 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 | 4.1 in 1001 in 24 | 3.9 in 1001 in 26 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $561top tenth $15,526+ | $566 | $561 | $485 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | 0.0%no change | 0.0%no change | -4.9%0.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +0.9%$5 more | 0.0%no change | -13.5%$76 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Point & Click, 6 to 30 months old: 1,981 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 65 of 1,981 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, The Roottrees are Dead (8.9% of the money): 1,980 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,107 of 1,981.
Relaxing holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Relaxing | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view2,742 of 2,876 launches | Without the breakout2,875 of 2,876 launches | Last 18 months1,653 of 2,876 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 2,876162 hits | 2,742150 hits | 2,875161 hits | 1,653103 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 5.5 in 1001 in 18 | 5.6 in 1001 in 18 | 6.2 in 1001 in 16 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $546top tenth $31,569+ | $581 | $546 | $485 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -1.8%0.1 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | +10.7%0.6 more in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +6.4%$35 more | 0.0%no change | -11.2%$61 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Relaxing, 6 to 30 months old: 2,876 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 134 of 2,876 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Crime Scene Cleaner (11.8% of the money): 2,875 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,653 of 2,876.
A lens holds when chance and typical earnings both stay within 25% of standard. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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